1, glutinous dumplings
On the Lantern Festival, every household in the south will eat glutinous rice balls, which are also called "dumplings" or "dumplings". As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, glutinous rice was used as the main raw material, and most of the fillings were sweet, sticky and round.
In addition, the name of glutinous rice balls is similar to the pronunciation of "reunion", which means reunion. Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls at the Lantern Festival has the good intention of family reunion.
2. Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is an indispensable food on the fifteenth day of the first month in the north, and its round appearance is endowed with the meaning of family reunion. Although Yuanxiao and Tangyuan are similar in appearance, they cut the prepared stuffing into pieces, dip it in water, put it in a container filled with glutinous rice flour and shake it, until the stuffing is all powdered and rolled into a ball, and the skin is dry and soft, and it tastes chewy.
3. Camellia oleifera
Eating Camellia oleifera in Lantern Festival is popular among Dong and Yao people in Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan. It is not the "tea" that we brew, but the "noodle tea" that is fried in advance. The fried camellia powder is boiled into a paste, which is warm and delicious, and it is added with sesame seeds and peanuts that have been ground into powder, which means a bumper harvest and happiness in the coming year.
4. jiaozi
Northerners have the habit of eating jiaozi on holidays. The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the first traditional festival after the Spring Festival, so jiaozi is also an indispensable food. Henan people have the custom of "fifteen flat and sixteen yuan". Jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, with stuffing and skin, and the stuffing used is also very particular. Eating jiaozi is not only a kind of emotional sustenance, but also a symbol of making a fortune.
5, jujube cake
People in western Henan like to eat jujube cakes during the Lantern Festival. In people's minds, eating jujube cakes during the Lantern Festival means that the future will be prosperous and sweet. Jujube cake is baked with flour, jujube paste and brown sugar as the main ingredients. It is said that it was originally the imperial cake of the Qing Dynasty, which has been passed down to this day and has a history of about 200 years.